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On 28/08/2022 22:53, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 2:33 PM Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk |
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> <mailto:antlists@××××××××××××.uk>> wrote: |
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> > On 28/08/2022 22:07, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> > > Is there a particular reason why your mailer inserts the quote |
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> character |
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> > > only on the first line of a quote paragraph? It makes reading your |
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> replies a |
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> > > little difficult because it is not visible on first glance where |
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> your quote |
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> > > ends and your reply starts. |
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> > Because the OPs mailer sent it as one line per paragraph? |
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> > My mailer (Tbird) is configured for plain text, but still screws up when |
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> > it receives html junk. |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > Wol |
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> My address is GMail, and I just use Chrome. Responding to this list |
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> requires me to Ctrl-A and then remove ALL formatting which inserts |
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> the greater than symbol. |
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> For 99% of my life no one cares about how an email response is |
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> formatted. The only place that complains is this list so I do all of |
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> that above to try to make it better for the list. |
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Well, a lot of us are greybeards who predate HTML. Grumpy old greybeards |
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don't like change :-) and I include myself in that. |
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> Maybe I made a mistake on the recent response that Frank |
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> doesn't like? If it's happening on every email I send then what |
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> Frank is seeing is not what I'm seeing. |
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> In my experience it's easier to ride the Google horse in the |
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> direction the Google horse is going. Turning off all formatting |
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> causes too many problems in real life outside of Gentoo |
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> email lists. |
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HTML is f*cked up for so many things (for which clueless idiots |
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recommend it). At work, living inside the GMail/Chrome eco-system is |
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mandatory. And I regularly swear at it because I get over-wide emails |
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that are a bastard to read. |
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> My apologies, |
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> Mark |
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Don't apologise - it's not your fault. If you use gmail/chrome, that's |
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fine. It would just be nice if Google didn't screw up your mail. The |
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really scary thing is all these things Google do behind your back are |
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capable of (and as far as the linux guys are concerned regularly do) |
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screwing up your security. |
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If you want to interact with linux devs you will find they are even more |
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anti-gmail than here - because what you are sending is not what you |
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think you are sending! But until then, don't beat yourself up over it. |
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Don't upset people unnecessarily, but if it causes you grief, don't do |
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it. If people don't like it, they can ignore it. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |